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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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| 37. | The JCS position is changed from 11 August to include "the basic requirement for military success in Indochina" as one of creating a political climate to provide incentive for the natives to support the French and supply them with intelligence. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, in considering the Navarre Concept, continue to believe that additional U.S. support should be conditioned on continued French support, demonstration of French performance, and acceptance of U.S. military advice. Radford Memorandum for Secretary of Defense, 28 August 1953. (See documents numbered 13 , 35, and 36 also) | 140 |
| 38. | Secretary Dulles identifies the Korean war with the war in Indochina. "A single Chinese Communist aggressive front extends from Korea on the north to Indochina on the south. State Press Release 469, 1 September 1953 | 142 |
| 39. | The National Security Council, at the 161st meeting, approves additional U.S. aid ($385 million) for France. The State Department view is that the Laniel government, if not supported by the U.S., may be the last French government to try to win in Indochina. NSC 161st Meeting, 9 September 1953 | 144 |
| 40. | The U.S. informs France of the approval of additional aid and requests assurances from the French relating to conduct of the war, pursuit of independence for the Associated States, acceptance of military advice, and no alteration of their NATO commitment. Dulles 868 to Paris, 9 September 1953 | 150 |
| 41. | The President approves the NSC-recommended $385 million additional aid for French Indochina. Memorandum for the NSC, 11 September 1953 | 153 |
| 42. | The US-French supplementary aid agreement consists of six letters exchanged between Bidault and Dillon. Three of the letters spell out French political and military undertakings, the U.S. terms and conditions, and the procedures to verify expenditures. US-France letters, 29 September 1953 | 156 |
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